Daughter of Alice (Roosevelt)
Washington, Jan 28 1957
An autopsy was being held today in the death of Paulina Longworth Sturm, 31, granddaughter of President Theodore Roosevelt and daughter of "princess" Alice Roosevelt Longworth.
Mrs Sturm died Sunday at Georgetown University Hospital an hour after she was found unconscious in her home by her 10-yr old daughter Joanne. Police said an empty pill bottle was found nearby.
Coroner A Magruder MacDonald said he understood Mrs Sturm had been under the care of a physician.
Miami Daily News
Paulina's biological father is Bill Borah even though Alice was still married to Nick Longworth at the time. Nick Longworth knew this.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Longworth-2
Paulina was born on 14 Feb 1925 to Alice Lee (Roosevelt) Longworth, wife of Nicholas Longworth, III (1869—1931) who died when Paulina was barely six years of age.[1]
The diaries of her mother, Alice Lee (Roosevelt) Longworth, have revealed her biological father to be William Borah, Republican Senator from Idaho, who was 59 when Paulina was born. Paulina's relationship to Senator Borah was often rumored in political circles as confirmed by one family friend, everybody called her "Aurora Borah Alice".[2] Others whispered that Paulina's given name should have been DeBorah.[3]
Washington, Jan 28 1957
An autopsy was being held today in the death of Paulina Longworth Sturm, 31, granddaughter of President Theodore Roosevelt and daughter of "princess" Alice Roosevelt Longworth.
Mrs Sturm died Sunday at Georgetown University Hospital an hour after she was found unconscious in her home by her 10-yr old daughter Joanne. Police said an empty pill bottle was found nearby.
Coroner A Magruder MacDonald said he understood Mrs Sturm had been under the care of a physician.
Miami Daily News
Paulina's biological father is Bill Borah even though Alice was still married to Nick Longworth at the time. Nick Longworth knew this.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Longworth-2
Paulina was born on 14 Feb 1925 to Alice Lee (Roosevelt) Longworth, wife of Nicholas Longworth, III (1869—1931) who died when Paulina was barely six years of age.[1]
The diaries of her mother, Alice Lee (Roosevelt) Longworth, have revealed her biological father to be William Borah, Republican Senator from Idaho, who was 59 when Paulina was born. Paulina's relationship to Senator Borah was often rumored in political circles as confirmed by one family friend, everybody called her "Aurora Borah Alice".[2] Others whispered that Paulina's given name should have been DeBorah.[3]
Daughter of Alice (Roosevelt)
Washington, Jan 28 1957
An autopsy was being held today in the death of Paulina Longworth Sturm, 31, granddaughter of President Theodore Roosevelt and daughter of "princess" Alice Roosevelt Longworth.
Mrs Sturm died Sunday at Georgetown University Hospital an hour after she was found unconscious in her home by her 10-yr old daughter Joanne. Police said an empty pill bottle was found nearby.
Coroner A Magruder MacDonald said he understood Mrs Sturm had been under the care of a physician.
Miami Daily News
Paulina's biological father is Bill Borah even though Alice was still married to Nick Longworth at the time. Nick Longworth knew this.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Longworth-2
Paulina was born on 14 Feb 1925 to Alice Lee (Roosevelt) Longworth, wife of Nicholas Longworth, III (1869—1931) who died when Paulina was barely six years of age.[1]
The diaries of her mother, Alice Lee (Roosevelt) Longworth, have revealed her biological father to be William Borah, Republican Senator from Idaho, who was 59 when Paulina was born. Paulina's relationship to Senator Borah was often rumored in political circles as confirmed by one family friend, everybody called her "Aurora Borah Alice".[2] Others whispered that Paulina's given name should have been DeBorah.[3]
Washington, Jan 28 1957
An autopsy was being held today in the death of Paulina Longworth Sturm, 31, granddaughter of President Theodore Roosevelt and daughter of "princess" Alice Roosevelt Longworth.
Mrs Sturm died Sunday at Georgetown University Hospital an hour after she was found unconscious in her home by her 10-yr old daughter Joanne. Police said an empty pill bottle was found nearby.
Coroner A Magruder MacDonald said he understood Mrs Sturm had been under the care of a physician.
Miami Daily News
Paulina's biological father is Bill Borah even though Alice was still married to Nick Longworth at the time. Nick Longworth knew this.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Longworth-2
Paulina was born on 14 Feb 1925 to Alice Lee (Roosevelt) Longworth, wife of Nicholas Longworth, III (1869—1931) who died when Paulina was barely six years of age.[1]
The diaries of her mother, Alice Lee (Roosevelt) Longworth, have revealed her biological father to be William Borah, Republican Senator from Idaho, who was 59 when Paulina was born. Paulina's relationship to Senator Borah was often rumored in political circles as confirmed by one family friend, everybody called her "Aurora Borah Alice".[2] Others whispered that Paulina's given name should have been DeBorah.[3]
